DALLAS — Dallas-Fort Worth sure loves its dogs: More than 1.1 million households in the area owned one or more canine ...

You probably look at your dog’s tail a dozen times a day without really thinking about it. I love my dogs’ tails. They are so different and they both use them and communicate with them so differently.

We’ve been misled to believe wagging tails mean happy dogs. This is a dangerous anecdote that unfortunately spans generations. It’s time we dispel this myth. Dogs bite even if their tails are wagging.

Of course, we want our pups to be happy from head to tail, but what does happiness look like in dogs? Dog behavior is complex ...

How your dog wags its tail tells so much about how it feels. When the tail wags like a helicopter rotor blade it usually means pure joy. Tails held up high and stiff and wagging back and forth like a ...

A “joyful” dog wagged his tail so hard, it had to be amputated. Now, Marley has healed and is up for adoption at a North Carolina animal shelter. “Marley is MUCH happier with his little nub tail,” ...